Lib Dems – daring to be different
Gary Gibbon on how the Lib Dems are trying to put clear blue water between themselves and the Conservatives.
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The International Monetary Fund says economic growth in Britain will be lower than expected this year and the government may have to delay its tax and spending plans.
It’s no entente cordiale at the Liberal Democrats conference this year – as senior party figures line up to condemn their Tory coalition partners, writes Felicity Spector.
Gary Gibbon on how the Lib Dems are trying to put clear blue water between themselves and the Conservatives.
Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg tells Channel 4 News there is a “gear change” in Whitehall as the government tries to stimulate economic growth.
Danny Alexander tells Channel 4 News his plans to target the rich with a new team of tax inspectors, and help the poor by raising the income tax threshold to £12,500.
The Boundary Commission for England’s recommendations for the redrawing of constituencies have thrown up several surprises. We look at some of the winners and the losers.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Chancellor George Osborne are among a number of big political names who face having their consitutency boundaries redrawn. Channel 4 News analyses the changes.
The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, says regulators should get tough new powers to bar irresponsible bankers from the profession to avoid another crisis.
Channel 4 News obtains the first details of the Government’s plans to overhaul what has been termed Britain’s “archaic” copyright law, as Technology Correspondent Benjamin Cohen exclusively reports.
Our Political Editor trawls through the list of meetings Cabinet Ministers have held with newspaper proprietors since the General Election – and finds some interesting figures.
David Cameron’s new rules on transparency were rushed in on the same day Rebekah Brooks quit. The PM slung out the details of his meetings with media moguls, leaving Ed Miliband racing to match his new spirit of openness. And today we are treated, for the first time in British history, to details of who all the ministers are busy meeting (see full list on Number 10’s website).
Our Political Editor looks at reports of strains between Number 10 and 11 Downing Street over growth strategy – and finds signs of political depression.
It might be the weather, troubles abroad – or just the legacy of the past. But there often seems to be a reason why the Government’s plans for the economy never go quite to plan.
More than one-third of English universities have been given permission to charge fees of £9,000. Student leaders tell Channel 4 News the Government must be “honest and frank about the situation”.
The position of Rebekah Brooks, News International chief executive and favourite of Rupert Murdoch, has come under increasing scrutiny after the latest phone hacking revelations.